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Eric Radford Maxwell Davis

In memory of:

Captain Eric Radford Maxwell Davis

September 27, 1918

Military Service

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Son of Catherine Maxwell Davis, of 24, Calcott Rd., Brondesbury, London, England, and the late E. Maxwell-Davis.

Commemorated on Page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. A. 1.

Location:

Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 933 of 1140.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 933 of 1140.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Plaque– Capt. Eric Radford Maxwell Davis is remembered on this Memorial Plaque.

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    Memorial Plaque – Capt. Eric Radford Maxwell Davis is remembered on this Memorial Plaque.
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  • Photo of Eric Radford Maxwell Davis– On rear of photo: Eric Radford Maxwell Davis 20th Battalion (peel) C.E.F. Eric was killed in action 6 weeks before W.W 1 Ended.

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    Photo of Eric Radford Maxwell Davis
    Photo of Eric Radford Maxwell Davis – On rear of photo: Eric Radford Maxwell Davis 20th Battalion (peel) C.E.F. Eric was killed in action 6 weeks before W.W 1 Ended.
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